Urology Practice

An Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA), Urology Practice focuses on clinical trends, challenges and practice applications in the four areas of Business, Health Policy, the Specialty and Patient Care. Information that can be used in everyday practice will be provided to the Urology community via peer-reviewed clinical practice articles (including best practices, reviews, clinical guidelines, select clinical trials, editorials and white papers), "research letters" (brief original studies with an important clinical message), the business of the practice of urology, urology health policy issues, urology education and training, as well as content for urology care team members.

Original work published in Urology Practice includes primary clinical practice articles and addresses a wide array of topics categorized as follows:

Business of Urology - articles address topics such as practice operations and opportunities, risk management, reimbursement (Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers), contracting, new technology and financial management.

Health Policy - articles address topics such as organization, financing and delivery of health care services from governmental and private payer policy perspectives, governmental and legislative activities influencing urology care, government affairs and policy analyses.

the Specialty - articles address topics such as education and training, ABU certification, implementation of clinical guidelines and best practices across all sub-specialty societies within urology and all specialty areas outside urology relative to contributions to the practice of urology.

Patient Care - articles address topics such as treatment choices, best practices, reviews, detailed analysis of clinical guidelines, evidence-based quality of care, select clinical trials, clinical implications of basic research, international health care and content for urology care team members.

Members of the American Urological Association may access Urology Practice online by logging in at http://auanet.orgAUA's website. Nonmember personal subscribers may register and activate your subscription online at http://www.urologypracticejournal.com. Authors and reviewers may submit and review manuscripts online.